Hello and Welcome!

In the past two decades I’ve been very fortunate to play with some of the world’s greatest performers, including the late, great Aretha Franklin. I've also performed on American Idol, The Voice, and Glee. You can hear me playing bari sax on Panic! At the Disco’s newest album, “Pray for the Wicked”, which debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200. I've performed at Carnegie Hall, Staples Center, The Apollo Theater, The Blue Note, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and many others. I have music degrees from USC Thornton School of Music and The Juilliard School.

I'm not just trying to impress you, but rather to show you my street cred as a teacher. I've been teaching privately for the better part of a decade and I'm proud to now offer the same lessons online.

Now I'd like to know more about you. What are your skills and strengths? What questions do you have about piano? If you'd like to know how your skills stack up, try the piano skills placement quiz.

How well do you know the piano?

Aretha was and will always be the queen. It was a great honor to be in her band for a short leg of her 2015 tour. These audience videos were filmed at the Oracle Arena in Oakland.

Scary Pockets

Scary Pockets is the funky brainchild of keyboardist Jack Conte (Patreon) and guitarist Ryan Lerman (John Legend, Ben Folds, Michael Buble). Every month, the band heads into the studio without any preconceived idea of what songs to record and creates brand new arrangements on the spot. New videos every week.